Cake-mixer



(No Model.)

' N. L. BARRON.

NGAKE MIXER. No. 415,893. Patented Nov. 26 1889.

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NELL LOUISE BARRON, OF BARTON, VERMONT.

CAKE-MIXER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,893, dated November26, 1889.

Application filed December 1I 1388. Serial No. 292,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELL LOUISE BARRON, of Barton, in the county ofOrleans and State of Vermont, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Imments in Cake Mixers, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

My invention relates to that class of utensils ordinarily known ascake-mixers, containing a receptacle for the dough or other substance tobe mixed and a series of blades or heaters adapted to be revolved in thereceptacle to beat or mix up its contents. My present invention relatesparticularly to improvements in the construction of apparatus of thisclass.

In the accompanying drawings I have represented at Figure 1 in verticalsection a device embodying my present invention in the form now bestknown to me; at Fig. 2, a portion 'of the same device in horizontalsection on an enlarged scale; and at Figs. 3 and 4, detail views ofportions of the apparatus, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents a cylindrical outer case, within which isplaced a hemispherical interior cup B, the rim of the latter beingunited to the former at a point sufliciently high to carry thehemispherical cup B clear of the table upon which the device willordinarily be rested when in use. In this way the lower rim of thecylindrical case A furnishes a good support for the device when inoperation.

A transverse shaft C extends across the case A, and is provided withhearings in its walls at c c, as shown, these bearings being preferablylocated justabove the rim of the hemispherical cup B. This shaft Cv ispro vided with a crank and handle D for revolving it. E, provided withblades in the ordinary manner to cut or beat the dough or othersubstance to be operated on. The blades of the beater are attached tosleeves F F,which encircle the shaft 0. At the end of this shaftfarthest from the handle there is formed a square shoulder G, (see Fig.4,) and a portion of the surrounding sleeve F is also squared. Thisconstruction is illustrated at Fig. 3, and

Mounted upon this shaft is a beater its object is to unite the bladesand the shaft, so that they will'turn together. At the same time when itis desired to remove the shaft and beater from the device to clean themthis can readily be done by withdrawing the shaft 0, which will slip outof the sleeves F F, and which when so withdrawn will leave the beaterloose in the vessel, from whence it can be then readily lifted out.

I find in practice that when the vessel A is made, as I prefer, of,stout metal, the bearings c 0 may be conveniently formed by simpleperforations of suitable size in the walls of the vessel, and I haveaccordingly so represented them. A removable cover II should also beprovided for the case A, as shown.

I claim l. The combination, with the outer case and theinner cup, of theshaft 0, having hearings in the walls of the outer case, the beatercarried by the said shaft, and the sleeves F and F, surrounding theshaft and having the blades of the beater attached thereto, the sleeve Fextending through the beater-blades and having squared portion, asshown, the shaft G having squared portion G, fitting the squared portionof said sleeve, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the outer case and the inner cup, of the shaftC, having hearings in the walls of the outer case and formed withsquared portion G near one end and reduced round portion beyond saidsquared portion, the beater on the said shaft, and the sleeves F and Fon the shaft and having the beaterblades attached thereto, the sleeve Fextending from the inner to the outer blade at its end of the shaft, andthe sleeve F extending through the blades and formed with squaredportion exten ding nearly to the outer case and fitting the squaredportion of the shaft, substantially as herein shown and described.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th dayof November, A. I). 1888.

NELL LOUISE BARRON.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES BUswELL, Ross A. RANN.

